Sefer Beit Yisrael – Chassidic-Kabbalistic sermons and elucidations on the Torah, by the Admo”r Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch of Zhidichov. Lvov, 1834. First edition.
Two owner’s signatures from the Admo”r Rabbi Yosef Landau, a v beit din of Iasi, one of the most prominent Chassidic leaders. He was a primary disciple of the defender of the Jewish people, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev, and also of Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin, Rabbi Baruch of Mezhibuzh and the Ohev Yisrael of Apta.
Unidentified rabbinic ink stamp (very blurred) on pages 24a and 25a. Additional notations on the title page.
Those years, Russia conducted strict censorship on sefarim , especially Chassidic sefarim . As such, these books (along with other books by this author) were printed at underground presses. The title pages were printed without the name of the city where they were printed and without the printer’s name or the date of printing (“חמוש”ד”).
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the Admo”r Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch of Zhidichov .
[1], 32, 31-34, [1] leaf. 22.5 cm.
Fine-very fine condition. Usage and aging stains. Sticker for reinforcement in the margins of the title page. Individual worming perforations. Old binding.